Phylogenetic analysis of Escherichia coli strains causing neonatal meningitis suggests horizontal gene transfer from a predominant pool of highly virulent B2 group strains

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 642-650

  Bingen, Edouard ^a   Picard, Bertrand ^b   Brahimi, Naïma ^b   Mathy, Stéphanie ^b   Desjardins, Patricia ^b   Elion, Jacques ^b   Denamur, Erick ^b  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031936736     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514217     Document Type: Article

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